stepan tarabalka served.rch 13, 22, during an aerial battle with the overwhelming forces of the russian invaders, the aviator went to the sky, and today he could have turned 31 years old. let's take a look at the history of the legendary pilot. stepan tarabalka, originally from kolomytsky district, ivan... frankiv region. there was no military in his family, but stepan dreamed of becoming a pilot since childhood. at the age of 13, he entered the carpathian military sports lyceum, and later the flight military college of the kharkiv ivan kozhidub national air force university, which he successfully graduated in 2014. rank by rank, post by post, participation in training, flight shifts, improvement of piloting skills, combat rotations. such was the life of an aviator. major tarabalka flew the mig-29. on the first day of the full-scale invasion, he was on a combat mission. according to the stories of his brothers, he knocked down a lot. enemy planes that bombed peaceful ukrainian cities. attacking the enemy in t